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Ticketmaster Takes Aim At Scalpers Using Ticket Bots

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The lawsuit, Ticketmaster L.L.C. and Renaissance Ventures LLC used computerized "bots" to buy thousands of tickets from its site for such popular events as Hamilton. Ticketmaster is now seeking $10M in damages from the defendants in the suit. Prestige Entertainment. Prestige Entertainment West Inc.

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Metacloud Snags Google Exec

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Pasadena-based private cloud provider Metacloud announced today that it has hired on Conner Grey, the former head of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google for Southern California, as its new VP of Operations. Metacloud is backed by Canaan Partners, Storm Ventures, and AME Ventures, and is led by Sean Lynch, a veteran of Ticketmaster.

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Live Nation Launches Joint Venture With Groupon

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Los Angeles-based Live Nation Entertainment and daily deals site Groupon are launching a new joint venture, the companies announced today. According to the two, they have created a new joint venture called GrouponLive focused on new online ticketing deals.

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Rubicon Project Bolsters Executive Ranks

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The company said it has tapped Brian Pike, former CTo of Ticketmaster to the CTO role, Victoria von Szeliski, former Ticketmaster Deputy General Counsel to the General Counsel position, and former Yahoo VP of Product Management John Slade as its SVP of Product Management. READ MORE>>.

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Report: MySpace Acquiring iLike

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A report today from TechCrunch reports that Los Angeles-based online social networking site MySpace is in the process of acquiring iLike , which operates an online service that allows users to share their music playlists and recommendations with friends. iLike is backed by Ticketmaster.

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Eventful Teams With Billboard On Concert Promotion

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Eventful said that music fans can log onto the firm's site and vote for one of a number of musical acts through its "Demand" service, in a cross promotion between the firm, Billboard, and strategic partner Ticketmaster. Eventful said that the effort will include promotion of the award and Eventful through Billboard and Ticketmaster.

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IVT Names New CEO

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McGovern was most recently CEO of itzbig, an online interactive job board site, and has also served as CEO of Marketwire. McGovern has also served at Business.com, Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, and IBM. McGovern replaces founder Greg Pulier, who is now CTO of the firm. IVT recently landed $5.5M